Thank you very much, Mr. Chair and members of the committee, first of all, for the invitation to attend. It's not that I necessarily wanted to come to appear before the committee, but it's a great chance to get back and see some old friends, including many of the people around the table. When I say “many” instead of “all”, it's because there are some new members, not to slight some of the older members here. It's just great to see you all again.
I have intentionally not prepared an opening statement because I spent five years, I believe, on the committee with some of you as members, by the way. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I believe it was a committee that did a tremendous amount of work. One of the things we always complained about when people came to visit was that they used up as much time as they could to avoid getting into the actual questions and answering them.
What I think we should do, Mr. Chair, is get right into the questions, because it is a forum for the members, not for somebody from outside to come in and waste your time.